Disrupting German Mittelstand - Startup-Style!

In our November meetup we will invite three startups that are either disrupting or collaborating with German Mittelstand. Learn why the Hidden Champions from the past, have to transform themselves or get disrupted by the Tech Champions of today. We will most likely check out the awesome Innovation Space of Indian-born Unicorn Infosys right in Backfabrik in Mitte. Meet our speakers: Alex Franke is presenting botconnect. The young startup mixes AI, Chatbot and ERP-technology. The team aims to solve critical business challenges with technologies such as AI, conversational user interfaces and blockchain. botconnect customers are enterprises, which are data driven and customer centric. The team is based in MindSpace and has been founded by Alexander Franke. Alex brings more than 10 years of experience in tech business and company building along. Ki-Won Sur ist presenting mobileJob.com - the #1 recruitment specialist for the blue collar market. 1,600 Employers from a wide range of industries found their employees via mobileJob.com already - from the nursing staff and mechatronics engineer to the waiter, warehouseman or call center agent. Both the job search and the entire application process from mobileJob.com are realized by a revolutionary mobile recruiting process, while the candidate approach is carried out via automated social media ads on sites such as Facebook. Ki-Won is responsible for large Industry and Retail clients. Prior to joining mobilejobs in 2016 he had already built his expertise around the HR industry. Forexfix is a Berlin based B2B Fintech Startup aiming to support small and medium sized enterprises, which are doing business abroad, such as travel operators, e-commerce players, fashion shops or industrial / trading companies. At the core is a web platform through which customers can book guaranteed exchange rates for future transactions and process these cost-efficiently. This way the foreign exchange risk is eliminated. Forexfix' solution is the first in Germany to offer this fully online, for small transaction volumes and without minimum fees. Forexfix' CCO Jonathan Loesing is presenting. He is responsible for business development and marketing. Before Forexfix he studied at the University of Cambridge, worked at McKinsey & Company, Uber Technologies, Commerzbank and several Berlin startups. He can also give insights into the work at the company builder Project A Ventures.